Actually this Canadian music dealer is a total scammer, seriously guys. Do not buy anything from "new music express Canada." my dad was recently in the market for a Tokai les paul, and he ordered what he thought was gonna be one of the lower midrange chinese versions. What he got was unplayable with very subpar quality for a tokai, and after contacting Tokai directly with the serial number and his concerns, not only did they tell him that:
1) they do not have a Canadian distributor at all, and are quite selective who distributes them in general
2) the serial number was made up and was not even close to a real tokai SN

Not only was the whole ordeal a pain, he sent the guitar back, reported it to reverb with all the proof he had, and they have not taken any action. In fact, he relisted the same guitar. He did a little more research to see if it happened to anyone else and someone else contacted him saying they received a fake from the same guy, reported it, reverb still hasn't taken any action.

Just don't anyone deal with the guy. Instead of being apologetic and offering to right things when he was outed for the fakes, he was just a dick and was trying to get out of paying like $80 in return shipping, I'll hand it to him for having some brass balls though....

Actually this Canadian music dealer is a total scammer, seriously guys. Do not buy anything from "new music express Canada." my dad was recently in the market for a Tokai les paul, and he ordered what he thought was gonna be one of the lower midrange chinese versions. What he got was unplayable with very subpar quality for a tokai, and after contacting Tokai directly with the serial number and his concerns, not only did they tell him that:
1) they do not have a Canadian distributor at all, and are quite selective who distributes them in general
2) the serial number was made up and was not even close to a real tokai SN

Not only was the whole ordeal a pain, he sent the guitar back, reported it to reverb with all the proof he had, and they have not taken any action. In fact, he relisted the same guitar. He did a little more research to see if it happened to anyone else and someone else contacted him saying they received a fake from the same guy, reported it, reverb still hasn't taken any action.

– Chmason85

They call those "Fakais". Even the MIC Tokais are pretty well made, at least as nice if not better than an Epi Les Paul. I think that was the same Canadian dealer who was involved with using the Dillion name.

Actually this Canadian music dealer is a total scammer, seriously guys. Do not buy anything from "new music express Canada." my dad was recently in the market for a Tokai les paul, and he ordered what he thought was gonna be one of the lower midrange chinese versions. What he got was unplayable with very subpar quality for a tokai, and after contacting Tokai directly with the serial number and his concerns, not only did they tell him that:
1) they do not have a Canadian distributor at all, and are quite selective who distributes them in general
2) the serial number was made up and was not even close to a real tokai SN

Not only was the whole ordeal a pain, he sent the guitar back, reported it to reverb with all the proof he had, and they have not taken any action. In fact, he relisted the same guitar. He did a little more research to see if it happened to anyone else and someone else contacted him saying they received a fake from the same guy, reported it, reverb still hasn't taken any action.

– Chmason85

I bought a road case from this seller for my '66 Deluxe Reverb. His ad said something like 1"X12" Road case; fits Deluxe Reverb and others." Guess what? My DR did not fit. I emailed the seller, and he never responded. Ever. I ended up having a case custom made for me by a seller in Alberta, and still have the other case, which is now filled with pedals, cables, mics and some guitar stand (so, not a total loss). But... I would never buy from this guy again.

Only a Ric sounds like a Ric. Anyone buying one to sound like a Ric will waste their money. I think its easier to make a Fender or Gibson copy sound like the guitars they are trying to copy than make a copy of a Ric sound like a Ric.